Colleen Hendon with Learning Express Toys shares ways you can help your child with principals of Common Core.

Colleen Hendon with Learning Express Toys shares ways you can help your child with principals of Common Core.

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Updated: 10:08 AM PDT Aug 31, 2014

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WEBVTT SUNNY SKIES TODAY. TEMPERATURES ARE WARMING INTO THE 70'S. IT WILL BE A PRETTY WARM AFTERNOON AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. SACRAMENTO MADE IT TO 98. TODAY, 97. TOMORROW WE MAY JUMP A FEW MORE DEGREES TO GET RIGHT UP AROUND THAT 100 DEGREE MARK FOR LABOR DAY. PLAN ON THAT FOR THE BARBECUES, EXTRA ICE TO KEEP THINGS COOL. 100 OUTSIDE FOR LABOR DAY. LOOKS LIKE AS WE GO BACK TO SCHOOL, BACK TO WORK ON TUESDAY, TEMPERATURES START TO COOL DOWN. 94 ON-Q STAY. UPPER 80'S THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE WEATHER LOOKS VERY PLEASANT AT THE END OF THE WEEK. MAE, OVER TO YOU. MOST CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS ARE BASING THEIR INSTRUCTION ON THE COMMON CORE STANDARDS DURING THE COMING SCHOOL YEAR. GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN HAS ALLOCATED MORE THAN $1.2 BILLION, ABOUT $200 PER STUDENT, FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO SPEND ON TEACHER TRAINING, MATERIALS, AND TECHNOLOGY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. HOW CAN WE AS PARENTS SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AT HOME WITH THE NEW COMICAL CURRICULUM? -- COMMON CORE CURRICULUM? JOINING US THIS MORNING IS COLLEEN HENDON WITH LEARNING EXPRESS TOYS IN ROSEVILLE. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PROPOSES THREE KEY IDEAS FOR PARENTS TO SUPPORT COMMON CORE AT HOME. THE FIRST IS THINKING DEEPLY, ESPECIALLY IN WRITING. I LIKE TO USE ALL THE WH'S, WHO, WHAT, WHEN WHERE. WHO WAS THE CHARACTER OR THE MAIN THEME. WHERE WAS THE SETTING. JUST ASKING ALL THE "WH" QUESTIONS HELPS. WITH WRITING AND READING SPECIFICALLY WE CAN ASK QUESTIONS LIKE WHO WAS THE MAIN CHARACTER AND WHY WAS HE FEELING THAT WAY, OR WHAT WERE THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT? YOU HAVE THESE IN YOUR STORE. IT IS FROM AGES THREE TO SEVENTH OR EIGHTH GRADE. SUPER AWESOME. VERY GOOD SUPPORT FOR HOME. YOU HAVE OTHER THINGS HERE TO KIND OF INCORPORATE ABOUT THINKING DEEPLY. I LIKE TO ENGAGE THE SENSES. THE MORE SENSES WE ENGAGE, THE MORE WE GRASP. I LOVE TAPPING INTO OUR SENSE OF SMELL. THESE ARE NUMBER TWO PENCILS, BUT IT HAS A GREAT SMELL TO IT. THERE IS A GREAT SENSE OF SMELL TO IT. PENS ARE SCENTED AS WELL. FOR THE LITTLE KIDS, GETTING THEM READY TO THINK CRITICALLY, WHERE IS THE LETTER. WHAT LETTER DO WE NEED TO SPELL THIS WORD. HOLD IT UP SO OUR VIEWERS CAN SEE WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. KIDS NEED TO KNOW HOW TO HOLD A PENCIL AND WRITE AND STUFF. WE CAN PULL THE LETTERS OUT. HOW DO WE KNOW THAT IS A CAKE? WHAT KIND OF CAKE DO YOU LIKE? DID YOU HAVE CAKE FOR BREAKFAST? I DO, ACTUALLY. I'M NOT A TEACHER. I'M JUST A TOY EXPERT. SCHOOL CAN BE CHALLENGING. SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO ADAPT FOR HOME. INTEGRATING LEARNING. INTEGRATING LEARNING IS HOW WE ARE GOING TO BE WRITING [INDISCERNIBLE] INSTEAD OF MAYBE WRITING OR SPELLING WORDS, WE CAN MAKE A SPELLING WORD WITH GLOW. WHAT DO YOU NEED TO SPELL GLOW? G. SHOWING HOW THEY KNOW, THAT IS THE THIRD TIP. GAMES ARE A GOOD WAY OF DOING THAT. YOU ARE ALWAYS TELLING ME THAT RATE GAMES ARE A GOOD WAY OF GETTING YOUR KIDS TO SHOW HOW THEY KNOW. THEY ARE JUST PLAYING. THE VOCABULARY KIDS NEED TODAY TO BE LIFELONG LEARNERS, APPLES FOR APPLES IS MY FAVORITE VOCABULARY GAME BECAUSE EVERY CARD IS GOOFY. IT GIVES TO THE SYNONYMS AND THE DEFINITIONS. WE ARE GOING TO HELP OUR KIDS. ANY GAME THAT INSTILLS MORE WORDS AND VOCABULARY BUILDING IS GOING TO HELP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.

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Colleen Hendon with Learning Express Toys shares ways you can help your child with principals of Common Core.